Harry Potter murder trial

PUBLISHED: 17:42 09 February 2009 | UPDATED: 10:26 23 August 2010

HARRY Potter actor Robert Knox was knifed to death as he tried to protect his brother from a convicted knife thug, a court heard. The 18 year-old, of Maidstone Road, Sidcup, near Swanley was one of six young men wounded by Karl Bishop, 21, during a mass

HARRY Potter actor Robert Knox was knifed to death as he tried to protect his brother from a convicted knife thug, a court heard.

The 18 year-old, of Maidstone Road, Sidcup, near Swanley was one of six young men wounded by Karl Bishop, 21, during a mass brawl outside the Metro Bar, in Station Road, Sidcup on May 23 last year.

Mr Knox, who since his death has been given a posthumous award for bravery while working at Bluewater shopping centre, was stabbed five times in the chest and suffered a fatal injury to a major artery.

The Old Bailey heard at the opening of the trial on Monday how the defendant was a habitual carrier of knives and had been convicted of stabbing two men outside a cab office in 2005.

A week before the murder he had started trouble by accusing Robert Knox and his friends of stealing his mobile phone.

The accused was heard to say: "I'm going to come back next week and someone's going to die."

Karl Bishop, of Carlton Road, Sidcup, denies murder and five counts of wounding with intent.